[26254] in Athena Bugs
Re: Linux-Athena installer improperly created partitions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Chen)
Wed Dec 15 21:03:27 2004
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Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:02:44 -0500
From: Kevin Chen <kchen@mit.edu>
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Kevin Chen wrote:
> Using the version 5 CD once again, I asked the user to delete the
> partitions that the previous attempted install had created. This is
> where the problem lies:
One more clarification:
I asked the user to run fdisk with the intent of asking the user to
delete the partitions the previous attempted install had created.
However, the output listed below is the output we saw when we ran fdisk,
and upon seeing it, we did not delete any partitions.
> Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 7650 9729 16707600 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 7650 7715 530113+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda6 7716 7781 530113+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda7 7782 9729 15647278+ 83 Linux
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Kevin Chen
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